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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?
(a) Ma Britten’s Secret Ingredient Pills for Female Disorders.
(b) Dr. Britten’s Dysentery Curative Pills.
(c) Dr. Britten’s Cock’s Spur Pills for Female Disorders.
(d) Ma Britten’s Special Remedy Pills for Women.

2. Where does Tobias spend the night at a lodging house in Chapter 55?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Fox Court.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Chancery Lane.

3. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. Where does the narrator in Chapter 83 says Tobias and Lizzie bought the fire-screen together?
(a) Whitechapel Street.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Holborn Street.
(d) Great Queen Street.

5. What is the name of the beloved tutor that rescued Henry from the orphanage?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Percy Buckle.
(c) Silas Smith.
(d) Victor Littlehales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of boat do Jack and Tobias escape in, in Chapter 70?

2. What was the name of the man that Tobias’s father was accused of killing when Tobias was a child?

3. On what river do Tobias and Jack escape in Chapter 70?

4. Whose body does the Thief-taker say he found “when everyone said he was touring in the Pyrenees” in Chapter 67?

5. What doctor does the cabbie take Tobias to see in the beginning of Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discussion takes place between Jack and Mercy in Chapter 87?

2. What leads to the violent conflict that takes place in Chapter 68? What do Jack and Tobias do afterward?

3. In Jack’s recollections from his childhood, how does he describe the altercation that took place between Ma Britten, himself, and Sophina in Chapter 60?

4. What outcome is revealed for Jack and Mercy Larkin in the denouement of the novel?

5. How does Jack describe his first meeting with Henry Phipps in Chapter 71?

6. What secret about Henry does Jack share with Constable in Chapter 47?

7. How has Tobias gone about securing money to cover his debts in Chapters 56 and 57?

8. Who appears to meet with Henry in Chapter 73? Why?

9. What physical conflict takes place in the climax of the novel in Chapters 88 and 89?

10. Why does Mary go to the home of Mary Britten in Chapter 77?

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